Report: Spotify Inks U.S. Deal with World’s Largest Record Label

Spotify has reportedly made a deal with Universal Music Group, the behemoth among record labels, to distribute its music online in the United States.

As such, we could be ever so slightly closer to the service launching here, after years of waiting — and after Spotify has curtailed the “free” part of its “freemium” service to make it more palatable to copyright holders and ease royalty requirements.